Heleia
| Heleia | |
|---|---|
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| Mees's white-eye, Heleia javanica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Hartlaub, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Heleia muelleri (Timor heleia) Hartlaub, 1865 | |
Heleia is a genus of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. One species, the Timor heleia is restricted to the island of Timor.[1] The pygmy heleia is endemic to the island of Borneo.[2] The thick-billed heleia, occurs on Flores and Sumbawa.[3]
The genus Heleia was introduced in 1865 by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub to accommodate the Timor heleia.[4] The name is from Ancient Greek eleia, an unidentified small bird mentioned by the Greek scholar Callimachus.[5]
The genus contains ten species:[6]
- Javan heleia (Heleia javanica)
- Grey-hooded heleia (Heleia pinaiae)
- Pygmy heleia (Heleia squamifrons)
- Mindanao heleia (Heleia goodfellowi)
- Sulawesi heleia (Heleia squamiceps)
- Eyebrowed heleia (Heleia superciliaris)
- Crested heleia (Heleia dohertyi)
- Timor heleia (Heleia muelleri)
- Thick-billed heleia (Heleia crassirostris)
- Yellow-spectacled heleia (Heleia wallacei)
References
- ^ van Balen, B. (2017). Spot-breasted White-eye (Heleia muelleri). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/60249 on 27 March 2017).
- ^ Myers, Susan (2016). Birds of Borneo (2nd ed.). London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-4729-2444-5.
- ^ van Balen, B. (2017). Thick-billed White-eye (Heleia crassirostris). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/60250 on 27 March 2017).
- ^ Hartlaub, Gustav (1865). "Monographischer Versuch über die Gattung Zosterops". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 13 (73): 1–30 [26]. Bibcode:1865JOrni..13....1H. doi:10.1007/BF02261150. S2CID 9279254.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 March 2025.